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28th April
from a house roof chimneys like trumpet valve keys release a soaring solo seagull's heartbeat into untouched silence beside this pavement wind-lipped...
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virus
Rain pulses on a tarmac eel grey muscles sleeking down to town. Dock leaves’ green fanfares burst from dark mud and trees seethe with finches’ cheeps...
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rivers
rivers - once revered liquid addresses for deities of equilibrium with gravity pull caravans of wet welded into muscled power, sprung from Earth like...
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Present
Today's gift wrapped in light. Birdsong as foil ribbon unspools, bright slipping trills tying time together. The woods' snowdrops have come! Beside...
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comfort and joy (another go at this)
beside a garage the magnolia grew in grace, still-dance of slender curves, smooth grey stem arcs, loose laced, spacing light. Buds slept - tight...
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this is a very good companion
Posted on Sun, 15 Oct 2023
this is a very good companion story to "His bit of Fluff"! I love how they look JML husbands up online, the reviews :0) And their nervousness at the beginning, the robot coming pre programmed to say "I love you" and Vanessa blushing even though...
Read full commentPosted in 'Parcel for you..' Part 2
That was a tense read! Very
Posted on Sat, 14 Oct 2023
That was a tense read! Very glad nothing happened on the bridge :0)
was intrigued by this - "The wooden stairs creaked with age as they stepped on them and Caitlyn ran her hand over the walls that were covered with blue brocade. The hotel...
Read full commentPosted in "Spirit of Sleepy Hollow on All Hallows Eve "(a short story) PART 2 of 4
I loved "delicate declaration
Posted on Sat, 14 Oct 2023
I loved "delicate declaration of a Robin", all your sounds slipping into the silence before humans, as they have for thousands of years
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would not have guessed you
Posted on Fri, 13 Oct 2023
would not have guessed you were a professional crastinator :0) You have just made it so much harder for programmers trying to create more authentic seeming AI writing - how to explain broken Walloon to an algorithm?
Read full commentPosted in I'll Think About Writing
In a time of political
Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2023
In a time of political turmoil and party conferences in England, this Poet's take on his country is Pick of the Day. Please do share if you can
Read full commentPosted in This England
your poems are always so
Posted on Tue, 10 Oct 2023
your poems are always so comforting :0) I admire so much too, how you express feelings, completely abstract things, in words. You really are a magician!
Read full commentPosted in Curious Magic
"trees immersed in an
Posted on Sun, 08 Oct 2023
"trees immersed in an abundance of glitter" is wonderful! I loved the "dance" in abundance
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Great ending! Bringing it
Posted on Wed, 04 Oct 2023
Great ending! Bringing it back to the horror of the first part
Read full commentPosted in Devil's Advocate (Part Three of Three)
So glad you carried on with
Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023
So glad you carried on with this one! You have described the hospital and station very well, felt almost like being there
Read full commentPosted in Devil's Advocate (Part Two of Three)
Very much looking forward to
Posted on Thu, 28 Sep 2023
Very much looking forward to more, as well! This time when Despair has not settled in yet, the horror of the land turned against them. I really like how you mention the clouds and fresh wind, which seem normal when so much is going wrong, and how...
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